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September 2026

AI Ranks NFL team

AI Ranks NFL team

AI-predicted top Super Bowl contenders:

Los Angeles Rams
Seattle Seahawks
Philadelphia Eagles
Kansas City Chiefs
Buffalo Bills
Denver Broncos
Baltimore Ravens
Detroit Lions
Cincinnati Bengals
San Francisco 49ers
Dallas Cowboys
Houston Texans
Chicago Bears
New England Patriots
Green Bay Packers
Jacksonville Jaguars
Minnesota Vikings
Los Angeles Chargers
Atlanta Falcons
Indianapolis Colts
New York Jets
Pittsburgh Steelers
Las Vegas Raiders
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Cleveland Browns
New Orleans Saints
Washington Commanders
Carolina Panthers
New York Giants
Tennessee Titans
Arizona Cardinals
Miami Dolphins



Adobe on Android

Adobe Premiere free on Android

Adobe Premiere is now in the Google Play Store for Android phones with at least 5 GB of RAM. Editing is free and does not need a Creative Cloud login. You can import as many video tracks as you want, trim and split clips, add effects, pull out audio, cut background noise, record a voiceover, and export up to 4K. New projects start in portrait 16:9 for YouTube Shorts, and you can switch that. Generative video is separate: the app includes 250 AI credits a month, and 1,200 credits costs $8 a month or $70 a year.



ios 27 child safety

iOS 27 adds children safety

Apple’s iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 add a Child Account, Ask to Buy for new apps, and Ask to Browse for new websites in Safari. Communication Safety limits contacts and blocks nude or violent images and videos. Time Allowances and Schedules control how long apps run and when. PhoneArena, Sept 26

A Child Account sets age-based safeguards and which apps are on the device. Ask to Buy needs a parent’s approval for a new app or purchase. Ask to Browse asks the parent before a child opens a new site. Parents can also approve or deny new calls and messages.

Communication Safety checks photos and videos in Messages, FaceTime, and other system apps. It catches nudity and, in this update, violent or gory images before the child sees them. Time Allowances cap time in games, social media, and entertainment. Schedules turn apps on or off by day and hour, including school or dinner. Every device in the Family Sharing group has to be on the latest software for these Screen Time controls to work together.



Apple AI fail

So much for Apple's phone AI

I gave Apple’s brand-new genius phone one job: swap the regular number and the mobile number in a contact. No poetry. No pirate-voice email summary. Just flip the two boxes. iOS 27 treated that like surgery. Android also pretended not to speak English. Two operating systems, billions of dollars, both taken out by an address book.

When they say “AI phone,” they mean it can write a haiku about your groceries, but if you ask it to actually touch the phone, it faints. I don’t need Siri to be my therapist. I need a remote control. “Turn on Low Power Mode.” “Kill Bluetooth.” “Go into Settings and do the thing so I don’t have to.” Instead I still get the treasure hunt: Settings, then General, then Battery, then the other Battery, then the secret Battery behind the tapestry, while the AI offers to generate an image of a cat using Bluetooth.

Apple threw a parade for iOS 27. Confetti. Keynote. “Siri is finally smart.” Buddy, Siri still can’t flip two fields in Contacts. That’s not intelligence. That’s a motivational poster taped to a brick. Android failed the same test with the same shrug. There is no curve. Until the phone can do the task I told it to do, iOS 27 isn’t an AI upgrade. It’s a very expensive shrug. Send them both back to third grade. Contacts is on the quiz.



SpaceX Mobile

SpaceX Mobile vs Verizon and AT&T

SpaceX aims to disrupt the mobile industry by launching a direct-to-consumer 5G satellite service by 2028. By acquiring terrestrial wireless spectrum and deploying advanced V3 satellites via Starship, SpaceX plans to offer global coverage with no dead zones. This space-based network will challenge traditional carriers like AT&T and Verizon by providing superior roaming and data connectivity at competitive prices.



Apple ios 27

Apple iOS 27

Apple's iOS 27 upgrades focus on Apple Intelligence, Siri functionality, and core system refinements. Key features include:

Siri & AI

Media & Communication

System & Audio

Core Apps

Smart tag 3

Android Smart Tag 3

The upcoming Galaxy SmartTag 3 features a sleek, ultra-compact "squircle" design measuring just 30 x 30mm, packing Bluetooth LE and Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology alongside a user-replaceable coin battery for precision tracking. While its symmetric shape delivers a more premium, modern aesthetic that easily slips into tight spaces like wallets or small pockets, the design choice has drawn early criticism. By ditching the integrated keyring loop, the tracker is rumored to be slightly thicker at 10mm, and users will now be forced to purchase separate holder cases to attach it to their belongings, adding extra out-of-pocket costs.



Nothing Headphone Pro

Nothing Headphone Pro -Sept 29

These are still leaked specs for the Nothing Headphone 1 Pro, not a finished review, so try a pair before you buy if they land.
On paper they go after the same $399 class as the latest Sennheiser, the Momentum 5 Wireless.

Nothing Headphone 1 Pro (leaked):
Triple drivers that split bass, mids, and highs.
Metropolis Studios tuning.
LDAC on Bluetooth and wired.
Spatial audio with head tracking.
Flat EQ studio mode.
10 mic adaptive ANC.
Bluetooth 6.1.
USB C and 3.5 mm jack.
Aluminum in black or white.
About 60 hours of battery.
$399 or €349.
Rumored September 29.

Sennheiser Momentum 5 Wireless (out now, $399.95):
One 42 mm driver with Sennheiser’s house sound.
8 mic hybrid adaptive ANC, reviewed as good but still behind Sony and Bose.
57 hours with ANC on.
User replaceable battery.
Bluetooth 5.4.
aptX Lossless and Adaptive.
Dolby Atmos.
8 band EQ.
USB C hi res and 3.5 mm jack.
About 290 g.

How they should stack up:
Same money.
Nothing looks busier on the spec sheet with more drivers, more ANC mics, newer Bluetooth, and LDAC.
Sennheiser should still win the sound argument until Nothing is measured.
That 42 mm driver is already reviewed as rich and detailed, ANC is proven, and the swappable battery is the long term play Nothing has not shown.
If the Pro’s triple driver and Metropolis tune actually land, it can fight the Momentum 5 on features and maybe isolation.
If they do not, you are paying flagship money for a first Pro that Sennheiser already beat on music.



Best foldable for movies

Best foldable for movies

Displays look different in person, so try these foldables yourself before you buy. Brightness, color, crease, speakers, and how a movie fills the screen all change depending on the room and how you hold the phone.

None of them have a true 4K screen, so a 4K film is always scaled down. What you notice is size, HDR, and letterboxing. The iPhone Duo is the strongest for movies: Dolby Vision, consistent color, an under-display inner camera, and a 7.6-inch inner panel that is a bit wider, so widescreen films get fewer black bars. The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra and Pixel 11 Pro Fold are the biggest at 8.0 inches inside and 6.5 inches outside, but those screens are squarer, so more of the glass is unused. The regular Galaxy Z Fold 8 is also 7.6 inches and is the better Samsung for video than the Ultra. Biggest tape measure and best movie picture are not the same phone.



Apple names foldable Duo

Apple names foldable Duo

Apple named its first foldable the iPhone Duo, which is a perfectly polite name for a $2,000 clamshell and also the wrong one. It folds. Call it the iFold. Duo sounds like a yogurt, a Microsoft leftover, a 1995 laptop Apple already used, or two people sharing a gym membership. iFold is the one name that tells you what the hinge does without a 40-minute keynote. Cupertino went with the grown-up option, probably because Samsung already took Fold and Apple would rather sound like a banking app than admit the phone bends. The internet had iFold ready in 2019 and was just waiting for Apple to catch up. Two thousand dollars to fold a phone in half, and they still named it after a mint.



Micron to bag big bucks

Micron to bag big bucks

Right now I can't afford a new computer at these prices. But that is good for Micron.

Micron stock should just go up, up, up while they bag the big bucks. People used to pay $250 for RAM and now they pay $1,500, the factories are sold out, and somebody is still hitting sell because they think demand is about to roll over. Are they stupid? Buy. Buy. Buy. The old Micron story is dead. Memory used to boom, glut, crash, and wipe out the earnings. That cycle needed PCs and phones to take a year off. Data centers, AI trainers, and robots do not take a year off, and they eat DRAM, NAND, and HBM like it is oxygen. Micron already locked the demand in with multi-year strategic customer agreements and billions in prepaid deposits; 2026 HBM is sold out, 2027 is booked, and they still cannot fill more than about half to two-thirds of what customers want. Q3 just printed about $41 billion. Q4 is guided at $50 billion. The people still waiting for the down-cycle are arguing with a sold-out factory.



5 reasons you are losing Scrabble games

1) You are watching tv and not concentrating.
2) You ate to much, passed out, and missed your turn.
3) You are playing Nigel Richards.
4) You refuse to use the letter S.
5) You don't get enough sleep.
6) Too busy laughing at your opponents bad moves.
7) Star Wars latest film trailer released.
8) Dog ate the tiles
9) Keep trying to play Scrabble in the car.
10) You just like to lose.
11) You keep trying to play the word zxelqtia.
12) You are still waiting on ChatGPT for a good word.
13) Trying to play 20 Scrabble games at the same time.
14) You aren't using our Scrabble Cheat!
15) You challenged “THE” and lost a turn.
16) You are saving both blanks for a 15-letter word.
17) You're using the tiles to spell a secret message to your crush.
18) You used the blank as a mint.


Xiaomijust in time?

Apple fold is com..not so fast Xiaomi says

Xiaomi’s 18 Fold is a China-only wide foldable: 5.38-inch cover and 7.58-inch inner screen (both 2:1, 120Hz, up to 4,000 nits), 219g, 5.02mm open, and a 6,000mAh battery with 67W wired / 50W wireless. It undercuts the Galaxy Z Fold 8 on paper in battery, peak brightness, and cameras (200MP Leica main plus 50MP 80mm periscope). Samsung’s Fold 8 is lighter at about 200–201g, already selling globally, and uses a custom Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy with a 4,800mAh cell and a slightly wider cover. Apple’s first foldable, the iPhone Ultra, is due at the September 9 event; until those specs are official, Xiaomi is the endurance play and Samsung is the one you can actually buy in the US.

The 18 Fold is also Xiaomi’s first flagship on its own 3nm XRING O3: 24 billion transistors, 10 big cores (2× 4.35GHz, 4× 3.68GHz, 4× 3.15GHz), a 16-core GPU, and LPDDR6 on 16GB models. Xiaomi’s numbers put it ahead of Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 in Geekbench (about 3,945 vs 3,726 single-core; multi-core also higher). Qualcomm still has the faster modem (X85, up to 12.5Gbps vs MediaTek T900 at 7.4Gbps) and the software/app ecosystem US buyers already know. Independent reviews will settle the chip fight; the phone itself starts at about RMB 10,999 (~$1,545) and is not slated for a global launch.



new CEO John Ternus

new Apple CEO John Ternus

John Ternus took over from Tim Cook on Sept 1, 2026. He’s the 25-year hardware engineer behind a lot of the iPhones, Macs, and AirPods people actually hold. Cook stays as executive chairman and still does the politician stuff.

Why fans might want to kiss him
He’s the nerd who made the machines nicer, not a finance guy in costume. “Hardware CEO” sounds like better phones, a foldable that isn’t a stunt, Macs that keep getting faster. His first post was a lowercase “hello.” People are already begging for the headphone jack, the Mini, the iPod. They think an engineer might listen.

Why they might not
Apple is late to AI and they picked the aluminum guy, not the software guy. If Siri stays dumb, the kiss dies. He’s untested on Cook’s world stage (China, Trump, supply chain). Ship another $3,000 Vision and no dongle, and the same fans will say he’s Cook with a better resume: locked-down, expensive, take it or leave it.



Apple sfuff

Apple stuff

Apple is leaning hard into red this fall. The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max are expected to launch in Dark Cherry, a deep purplish red replacing last year's Cosmic Orange, alongside Sky Blue and Black. Apple posted the countdown on YouTube and apple.com for September 9, when the Surprise and Shine event kicks off at 10 a.m. Pacific. That is when the Pro phones and the first foldable iPhone Ultra take the stage.

Meanwhile Xiaomi's Poco X8 Power just went official in India with a 10,000 mAh silicon carbon battery for around $380. Samsung and Apple still cannot match that. The Galaxy Z Fold 8 is already breaking pre order records and PhoneArena readers picked it over the iPhone Ultra by a wide margin. Expect Samsung's foldable to outsell Apple's first attempt when the dust settles.



Apple leaks

Apple Leaks

Apple's September 9 Surprise and Shine event is expected to bring the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and the first foldable iPhone Ultra. The base iPhone 18 and budget iPhone 18e are pushed to spring 2027. The Pro phones get a mechanical aperture camera, the 2nm A20 Pro chip, Apple's C2 modem, improved vapor chamber cooling, and better battery life. The iPhone Ultra is the headline: rumored at $1,999 and up, it folds to passport size with a 5.5 inch cover screen and a 7.8 inch inner display. Touch ID replaces Face ID. You get main and ultrawide cameras, not a telephoto, plus an advanced hinge and a crease shallow enough to brag about.

A second generation foldable is already in testing for 2027, mostly a chip upgrade. By 2028, a third generation grows both screens. That same 2027 window brings the 20th anniversary Pro redesign, curved glass and thinner bezels, the biggest Pro shakeup since the iPhone X.



Walmart food recalls

Walmart food recalls Again and Again

Walmart is back in the recall headlines. Chilean supplier Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur expanded a July alert to include Great Value Organic Triple Berry Blend, lot 6040 01-6, best by February 9, 2028, sold in 16 states. The fear is E. coli O145:H28, tied to 17 illnesses and six hospitalizations in Georgia and Florida. Walmart says this lot has no confirmed cases yet. Cold comfort when it is already in your freezer.

Walmart loves the excuse that it recalls more because it sells more. Volume does not explain a pattern this ugly. In 2026, Great Value cottage cheese was pulled in over 20 states for pasteurization failures. In 2025, recalls hit Great Value frozen shrimp, Marketside broccoli for listeria, and Great Value chicken broth over sterility risks. Ready to eat chicken under the Great Value banner has been in the cycle too. Other big grocers do not show up in the FDA feed like a broken fire alarm.

At some point this stops being bad luck. It is cheap sourcing, thin oversight, and a Great Value label on the box. Check your freezer and ask why Walmart groceries still feel like the bargain bin of American food.



Take two Strauss Zelnick Again

Part 2 Strauss Zelnick Again

Borderlands 4 should have been a victory lap. Instead Take-Two and 2K treated paying customers like suspects. Denuvo, anti-tamper layers, account friction, and EULA overhead on a $70 to $100 game. Buyers got long loads, crashes, stutter, and installs that fight back, while cracked copies skipped all of it. You did not stop piracy. You punished people with a receipt.

Fight through that and the game still does not reward you. Borderlands 4 plays like Borderlands 3 repackaged: same loop, same tone, no spark, no risk. They spent their energy on copyright and DRM instead of fun and creativity, and you feel the spreadsheet, not the love.

GTA VI already makes me cringe. I have lost respect for Take-Two. Rockstar still has talent, but I do not trust this parent company to protect what made GTA special, only the revenue stream. Strauss Zelnick moving stock as the hype peaks is hard to ignore. I wonder if they can pull it off, or if fans finally stop giving Take-Two a pass on the series that built them.



Take two Strauss Zelnick

Take two Strauss Zelnick

As someone trying to find my own way in life, build things, and grow into a real leader, I pay attention to leadership. I watch business leaders, company builders, Wall Street people, and investors like Warren Buffett. I watch how serious people carry themselves when the stakes are high. Then I look at Strauss Zelnick and I honestly cannot believe this is supposed to be leadership. Right before what could be the biggest game launch of all time, he sells stock and sends exactly the wrong signal at exactly the wrong moment. My reaction was basically, what the hell is this guy doing? There is no way this is what strong leadership looks like. A real leader protects momentum, protects confidence, and understands perception. This move did the opposite. It looked selfish, short-sighted, and unbelievably tone-deaf. Instead of making people more excited for Grand Theft Auto VI, it gave doubters fresh ammunition and pushed even some loyal buyers, including me, from all-in to wait-and-see. That is not the mark of a leader. That is the kind of mistake that makes people question whether the man at the top has completely lost his instincts.



Android Drop adds five new features

Android Drop adds five new features

  1. Find Hub Remembered items. Tell Gemini where you left something that has no tracker, like a passport in a drawer. It saves that spot (and an optional photo) in Find Hub so you can ask for it later. Android 16 and up.
  2. Motion Assist. Puts a small bubble on the screen that moves with the car, bus, or train to cut motion sickness. It can turn on by itself in a moving vehicle, or from Quick Settings. Android 17 only.
  3. Guided Vision. Share your camera in Gemini Live and hear what’s in front of you - labels, menus, objects around the house. Voice prompts help you aim the camera. Built for blind and low-vision users. Android 9 and up, coming soon.
  4. Google Keep in Messages. Share a grocery list or trip notes inside a chat. Everyone in the thread can view and edit it without leaving Messages. Rolling out now.
  5. Chat themes. Give each conversation its own wallpaper and bubble colors. Use a Google background or one of your photos. Available now.


August 2026

Apple vs Samsung foldables

iFold vs Samsung Foldable




Fastest mobile network

Fastest Mobile Network

Ookla’s first-half 2026 numbers, via PhoneArena, put T-Mobile on top of AT&T Internet Air and Verizon 5G Home: a median download of 222.7 Mbps in Q2, about 38% faster than AT&T and 76% faster than Verizon, plus the best uploads at 18.12 Mbps. Speed is not why I pick a carrier. I have always had solid service from AT&T and Verizon, the kind of connection that just works when I need it. T-Mobile has been the opposite for me: overbilling and service that never matched what I was paying for. I have refused to switch even with those headline speeds, because a fast network on a chart is worthless if the company does not treat you right.




Best Mobile cpu

Qualcomm vs Apple CPU

Built on TSMC’s cutting-edge 2-nanometer process node, the upcoming mobile chip battle between Apple’s A20 Pro and Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro delivers a massive generational leap in power and efficiency. Qualcomm targets raw multi-threaded power and mobile gaming supremacy with an aggressive 8-core custom Oryon CPU structure pushing blistering peak speeds near 5.0 GHz, an Adreno 850 GPU featuring hardware-level AI frame generation, and next-gen LPDDR6 memory support to eliminate AI data bottlenecks. In contrast, Apple’s A20 Pro focuses on unmatched single-core efficiency and thermal stability by maintaining a refined 6-core architecture (~4.5 GHz) and introducing a revolutionary Wafer-Level Multi-Chip Module (WMCM) packaging that places components side-by-side to eliminate heat traps and prevent performance throttling.

Both chips feature powerful graphics processors built directly onto the same piece of silicon alongside the CPU to maximize space and energy efficiency. Qualcomm utilizes its next-generation Adreno 850 GPU with hardware-level AI frame generation, while Apple integrates its own custom GPU optimized for advanced ray tracing and sustained thermal stability.




New Airpods 2027

New AirPods 2027

What’s new is cameras in the stems, not better sound. Each bud gets a small camera, about 1 megapixel, left and right working as a pair. They are not for Instagram. They feed Visual Intelligence and Siri. You look at a book, a sign, or some other thing and ask Siri to save it or explain it. The leaked demo is a guy holding up a book and Siri saying see something you like, ask me to save it. Passive mode sends low resolution frames so Siri has a rough idea of what is in front of you. Active mode takes clearer stills when you actually ask. There is no video. The frames go to Visual Intelligence, not the Photos app. Some of the work happens on the buds, and they adjust when your head moves. They look like AirPods Pro 3 with fatter, longer stems so the sensors fit. If hair covers the stems you get a hair detected error. A light is supposed to come on when the cameras are on. You need an iPhone that runs Apple Intelligence. Gurman says they will not ship until 2027 because Siri and the supply chain were not ready in 2026. Same earbuds, now they can see. People will call them spy buds. Apple says they are just eyes for Siri. The cameras sit on the stem by your jaw and point forward, not out of your ear. Hold a book up and both stems can see it. They miss what is behind you, above you, or buried under hair and hats. Point your face at a thing and ask Siri what it is. That is the whole point.




Bitcoin on the Rise

Biggest Bitcoin Badmouths in the world

Buffett, Munger, Schiff (mostly), Paulson, Roubini, Fama, Taleb, Jim Rogers, Grantham, Hanke, Krugman, Stiglitz, Dimon (tone softened, thesis didn’t). These are the guys who spent years telling everyone Bitcoin was going to zero, had no value, was a fraud, a tulip, rat poison — pick your insult. Bitcoin is sitting near $80,000. They were wrong. They still talk like people should take their word for it. They don’t know what they’re talking about. They were running their mouths. A lot of the rest of us are selling into that price at a real profit. Will it go higher? Probably. That doesn’t mean you have to ride the whole thing. This is a great time to take profit and keep maybe one or two coins for the long run. Let the professional skeptics keep the speech. Keep the coins you actually want to hold.




Foldable Crease

Foldable Crease

1. Samsung Display Most likely to solve the underlying crease problem first, with its latest OLED technology showing major progress toward a virtually crease free display. 2. Apple Could be the first to bring a nearly crease free foldable phone to a huge mainstream audience, potentially using Samsung Display technology. 3. Huawei and Oppo Both have developed impressive hinge and folding technologies and remain serious competitors in reducing the crease. 4. Motorola and Google Have made progress with foldable designs, but currently appear to be behind Samsung and the leading Chinese manufacturers in the race to eliminate the crease.




Convert video to animated gif

Convert Video to Animated GIF

Need to convert your MP4 videos to animated GIFs? FreeConvert is a great free tool that makes it fast and easy.




Can phone AI do this

Apple and AI

Phone AI is crying because they are all bad. Is AI truly integrated into smartphones? A real test would be to tell your phone, whether it's a Pixel, Samsung Z Fold, or iPhone, to add a contact with two phone numbers, a mobile and a home number. Then tell it that you got the numbers backwards and ask it to swap them so the mobile becomes the home number and the home becomes the mobile. If the AI is genuinely integrated into the phone's operating system and apps, it should be able to handle that without you touching the screen. How deeply is AI actually built into these phones, and are they advanced enough to handle the everyday tasks that come up when using the phone's features and apps? That's the real question. The truth is, none of them, Pixel, Samsung, or iPhone, have AI integrated deeply enough into their apps and operating systems to handle tasks like this reliably. So Apple isn't as far behind as you might think. With the resources Apple has, they have every chance to catch up fast and potentially leapfrog the competition when they decide to go all in.




NZXT Pre-Built PCs: Never Again

NZXT Pre-Built PCs: Never Again

I bought an NZXT pre-built PC and these people couldn't even plug a fan cable into the right port before shipping it out. One cable. One port. They couldn't manage it. After every BIOS update I'd get a CPU fan not recognized error on boot — tried everything, eventually just set the fan to "Ignore" in BIOS and moved on. Then I updated the BIOS again recently and the same damn thing happened, so I got mad enough to actually dig into it. I opened the case and found the AIO cooler cable plugged into CHA_FAN — a chassis fan port — not the CPU_FAN header above the RAM where it actually belongs. Moved the cable. Fan recognized. Problem solved. Two seconds. But here's what really angers the hell out of me — this had been running wrong for years. Because the fan wasn't properly recognized, NZXT CAM couldn't control the RPM, and my CPU was running hotter than it should have been the entire time, all because some assembler plugged one cable into the wrong port and shipped it out the door. Best Buy would have charged $150 just to look at it and probably $300 more before some tech finally noticed a misplaced cable. NZXT, you are done in my world. You plugged a cable into the wrong port and shipped it. That's not a glitch. That's incompetence. I will never buy another NZXT product as long as I live. You had one job.




Apple Memory Shortage

iPhone 18 Pro & Ultra: A20 Pro Chip Shortage

Apple's upcoming iPhone 18 Pro and foldable iPhone Ultra are facing supply shortages before they even launch. The culprit is a new chip packaging technology called WMCM (Wafer-Level Multi-Chip Module), which bonds memory directly to the processor wafer during production — but a global RAM crunch means Apple can't get enough memory chips to complete the process. An estimated $1 billion worth of finished A20 Pro chips is currently stuck at TSMC, unable to move to final assembly at Foxconn and BYD. The A20 Pro itself is a significant leap, built on TSMC's 2nm process with 96-bit LPDDR6 memory, promising up to 15% faster speeds or 30% less power consumption. Apple is targeting 200 million total units across the iPhone 18 lineup, with the Ultra foldable making up under 10% of that. The bottom line: expect tight supply and possible launch delays — if you're planning to buy at launch, you'll likely be waiting in line or on a waitlist.




Battery

Battery Vote

What people want most in a batter.




New Camera

New Camera

Samsung and Apple are finally bringing camera upgrades that matter. New Galaxy and iPhone models are expected to feature larger sensors, better image processing, improved low light performance, and a variable aperture that lets the camera precisely control how much light reaches the sensor. The result is sharper, clearer photos, significantly better nighttime photography, and smoother zoom transitions.




Memory prices soaring

Memory Prices Soaring

Memory prices are making phones cost more. Apple has started production of the ifold which is due in September. And will smart glasses make smart phones obsolete. Many tech titans think so and our pouring millions and billions into smart glasses.




Starlink Attacks

Starlink Attacks

Starlink has grown to roughly 12 million subscribers worldwide, including about 3 million in the U.S., and Oppenheimer projects that U.S. subscribers could reach 15 million by 2030, a fivefold increase from current levels. The firm estimates the total communications market at $1.6 trillion, consisting of roughly $870 billion in broadband and $740 billion in mobile services.

Financially, Starlink generated approximately $11.4 billion in revenue during 2025, while SpaceX's connectivity business produced about $7.2 billion in EBITDA. Analysts believe Starlink's next phase of growth will be driven by its upcoming V3 satellites, which are expected to begin deployment in the second half of 2026.

The V3 satellites are projected to deliver up to 1 terabit per second (1,000 Gbps) of downlink capacity per satellite, with launches occurring at a rate 10 times faster than current deployments. Starlink also plans to lower satellite operating altitude from 550 km to 350 km, and Elon Musk has stated that latency could eventually fall below 5 milliseconds, approaching or potentially rivaling fiber-optic internet performance.




smartphone news

Smartphone News

IOS adds split bill dining app. Yes you can just put in the number of people and the bill and figure out who owes what.

Google rolled out fake call detection in Phone by Google using an encrypted RCS 'handshake' between trusted contact's real devices. If somebody spoofs a contact like AI voice deepfakes then you get a warning telling you to hang up. Will be on all Androids but Pixel first.




bitcoin, hmmm

Bitcoin Is Weird

Remember when Bitcoin was $1 and then $100 then $1000 and then $100,000. I have waited 15 years for people to develop cool apps around Bitcoin but they have not. I am now so confused with it.
But I know one thing. This Peter Schiff idiot won't shut his mouth. He has claimed since bitcoin hit $10 that is was a fad that would collapse etc etc etc. As Bitcoin hits $66,000 he is still running his stupid dumbass mouth and many of my friends have started to sell their Bitcoin but guess what!! They have made so much more money then this idiot will ever out of Bitcoin. You would think he would shut up. Bitcoin is a nice technology and a great store of value. Even if that is all it currently is. This shows you rich people are just as stupid as me or anyone else. He is getting on my nerves with his foolishness.




weekly news

Weekly Smartphone News

1. OpenAI Is Building an iPhone Killer — and It's Coming Sooner Than Anyone Expected
OpenAI is putting its AI ambitions on four wheels and flooring it. The company is now targeting mass production of its "AI agent phone" as early as the first half of 2027 — a full year ahead of its previously reported timeline. Powered by a customized MediaTek Dimensity 9600 chip built on TSMC's N2P node, the device ditches the traditional app-based model entirely in favor of a continuous, context-aware AI interface that tracks your location, activity, and communication in real time. A dual-NPU architecture handles simultaneous tasks like vision and language processing, while LPDDR6 memory and UFS 5.0 storage keep things moving fast. Supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who broke the story, projects combined shipments of around 30 million units across 2027 and 2028 if development stays on track.

2. Jony Ive Is Behind the OpenAI Phone — Yes, That Jony Ive
Here's the twist nobody saw coming: Jony Ive, the legendary designer behind the iPhone, iMac, and Apple Watch, is now heavily involved in designing OpenAI's phone — the device most likely to challenge Apple's dominance. Ive's startup was acquired by OpenAI in 2025, and while he previously said he wanted to create hardware that undoes the societal damage caused by smartphones, the roadmap has clearly evolved. CEO Sam Altman added fuel to the fire on X, writing that now is the right time to "seriously rethink how operating systems and user interfaces are designed." Whether this phone ends up being a revolution or a rebrand, having Ive at the drawing board makes it impossible to dismiss.

3. Apple's WWDC 2026 Preview: Siri Is Getting a Complete Rebuild
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off June 8, and the headline feature is shaping up to be a Siri that's almost unrecognizable from what exists today. Reports suggest the new Siri will function as a full standalone chatbot app — no longer just a voice assistant bolted onto your home screen. More notably, it will support multiple third-party AI models, including ChatGPT, Claude, and Google Gemini, letting users choose their preferred AI brain. This would represent the most significant rethink of Siri since it launched in 2011, and a frank acknowledgment that Apple's in-house AI fell short of its competitors.

4. Apple Pays $250 Million to Settle Siri AI Lawsuit
The timing couldn't be more awkward. Just as Apple prepares to show off a rebuilt Siri at WWDC, the company has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over AI features that were heavily marketed with iOS 18 but never actually delivered. The suit argued that Apple's promotional claims around Siri's capabilities were misleading to consumers. The settlement closes the chapter on that controversy — but the optics of writing a nine-figure check right before a major Siri announcement aren't great.

5. Apple's Foldable iPhone Is Still Happening This Fall
Production delays haven't derailed Apple's foldable ambitions. Mass production of the so-called iPhone Ultra — Apple's first foldable, with a 5.5-inch outer display and a 7.8-inch inner screen — was pushed back roughly one to two months to August 2026, but Bloomberg's Mark Gurman confirms it remains on track to launch alongside the iPhone 18 Pro lineup in September. Supply is expected to be tight, with shortages likely stretching into 2027, so if you're planning to grab one at launch, you may want to set a reminder now.

6. The iPhone Ultra Will Have a Near-Creaseless Display Right Out of the Box
One of the most persistent criticisms of foldable phones has been the visible crease down the center of the display. Apple appears set to solve that problem from day one. Leaks indicate the iPhone Ultra will feature near-invisible crease technology paired with a Liquidmetal alloy hinge — a level of refinement that Samsung took seven generations to approach. It's the kind of detail that will matter enormously to first-time foldable buyers who don't want to feel like early adopters paying a premium to beta test a product.

7. Samsung Finally Fixes the Fold's Biggest Problem
Speaking of Samsung — after seven years of persistent complaints about the crease in its Galaxy Z Fold displays, it looks like the company has finally cracked it. Leaked test units of both the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Z Fold 8 Ultra reportedly feature a dramatically improved display crease that rivals the current industry benchmark set by the Oppo Find N6. Samsung is expected to make it official at Galaxy Unpacked in London on July 22, 2026, where it will also unveil a new wider Z Fold 8 variant designed to go head-to-head with Apple's foldable before it even launches.

8. Galaxy Z Fold 8 May Be the First Phone to Launch With Google Gemini Intelligence
Samsung's timing could give it a significant edge this summer. The Galaxy Z Fold 8 will ship with One UI 9 on Android 17, and according to reports from Android Authority, it may be the first device to commercially launch Google's new Gemini Intelligence — a system-wide AI automation layer that goes well beyond the Assistant features most Android users are familiar with. Remarkably, the Z Fold 8 could debut Gemini Intelligence before Google's own Pixel 11 does. For anyone on the fence between the two flagships this year, that's a detail worth paying attention to.




weekly stocks update

Weekly Stocks Update

Nvidia and the AI stocks had good earnings. The stocks seemed poised to keep growing and making me money. Yet not so fast! I keep reading big whales are selling stocks. Obviously they see the fed going to raise rates, inflation is going up up up, the overvalued stock market in whole measure by the Warren Buffet Indicator, the huge federal deficit of 40 TRILLION....
So I worry once AI cools off this market can/will sell off big time. Anything now can cause people to panic and then they will run for the door and the rich and big funds will to. Pensions, IRA's, Roth's, will go to cash and the stock market crash will occur.
So what to do..so hard to play this stock market but I am still in it until I see a bigger crack and then I will be in all cash in 5 minutes since that is as fast as I can login to Schwab and sell each stock as fast as I can.




Gemini 3.5

Gemini 3.5

Google used I/O 2026 to push Gemini from a chatbot into a full “agentic AI” platform — meaning AI that can actively do tasks for you instead of just answering questions. The company announced faster and smarter Gemini 3.5 models, a redesigned Gemini app, deeper integration into Search, YouTube, Android, and Workspace, plus new AI agents that can manage schedules, emails, and workflows automatically.
1 Gemini 3.5 Flash becoming the new default model, focused on speed, coding, and long task handling.
2 Gemini Spark, an always-running AI assistant that can monitor apps and proactively help with tasks.
3 Gemini Omni Flash, a multimodal model that can generate and edit video through conversation.
4 A redesigned Gemini interface with more natural voice interaction and live conversations.
5 Major upgrades to Google Search, turning it into a conversational AI experience instead of just links.
6 AI integrations across YouTube, Google Docs, Android, Wear OS, Google TV, and upcoming smart glasses.




Crypto to expensive

Crypto Too Expensive for Merchants

Many merchants avoid accepting Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies because prices can change dramatically within hours, making it difficult to price products and manage profits. Transactions can also be slower or more complicated than traditional payment systems, and there are concerns about scams, fraud, tax reporting, and uncertain government regulations. In addition, most customers still prefer using credit cards or cash, so many businesses see little practical benefit in adding crypto payments.




Tesla shareholders and space X ipo

Tesla Shareholders and SpaceX IPO

Some investors speculate that Elon Musk could eventually reward Tesla shareholders with access to a future SpaceX IPO through special shares, warrants, or another creative structure. However, there has been no official announcement or filing confirming that Tesla investors will receive SpaceX IPO shares, and the idea currently remains market speculation rather than an announced plan.




Desire by smart phone users

What Do Smartphone Users Really Want

The vote came in wide foldable phone, next is foldable phone, smart watches, eye glasses, and then flip phones. My guess is the extra room to use for apps, games, and movies. I saw how much people liked my ipad and now I can see them wanting phones that fold out as big as tablets. How many people will upgrade to foldables is the big question. I think at the right price a majority will.




Pixel 12

Tensor to Power Pixel 12

Pixel will use Tensor AP to power Pixel 12. Tensor APs can't compete with top APs like Apple's A-series APs, Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite APs and MediaTek's Dimensity 9500 APs in gaming bench marks but it does do AI. Users avoid Pixel phones if they want a gaming phone they do buy Pixel for the AI and other features like computational photography, real-time translation, and voice recognition, Magic Eraser, exclusive real-time voice call screening and advanced photo processing, and have better battery life.




Meta fires Company

Company Fired by Meta for Ray-Ban Leak

Whistleblowers revealed that footage from Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses was being reviewed by human contractors in Kenya, including highly private moments. These workers were employed through an outsourcing company called Sama to help train Meta’s AI systems. After the revelations became public, Meta terminated its contract with the company, which resulted in more than 1,100 workers losing their jobs. Reports indicate the firings may have been retaliation tied to the workers speaking out about the privacy concerns.




stocks stocks stocks

What Will the AI Stocks Do

Intel has moved from $40 to $95 in a month. So much potential for Intel but it already hit $99. Intel is no TSMC but its catching up fast but TSMC is building quite fast as well. And the Warren Buffet Indicator says the whole stock market is over bought. Is AI for real or is it a bubble about to pop? And what about robotics? It is so complex and hard to know what to do now. AMD and Nvidia will report earnings soon so do you sit it out or buy and ride the wave up or down. Intel was an easy pick. Making money on these AI stocks now just got harder.




Intel stock soars

Intel Stock Soars

Intel stock has gone from $40 to $85 due to the 18A process they succeeded in rolling out. Intel is now back to competing with TSMC who is a super giant. While intel is no TSMC they have an incredible amount of potential and now they just need to focus on creating the wafers and the customers will come. Now is Intel still undervalued? No idea now. I just knew it was at $40. If you look at how much better TSMC is then Intel you will say it is priced about right. But if Intel keeps on rolling they will grow by 50% a year and hopefully the stock does to.
I am also watching Take Two as they will have GTA 6 out this year and that game could be the biggest game of all time and send there stock into a double from $190 to over $300.




pixel picture puffer

Pixel Picture Painter

Google Photos just rolled out a new AI-powered “Touch Up” beauty filter to all users. It lets you enhance faces with one tap—things like smoothing skin, removing blemishes, brightening eyes, and whitening teeth.
The tool includes a slider so you can control how strong the effect is, and it can work on multiple faces in the same photo. It’s rolling out broadly to Android devices, making it widely accessible.
This is a big deal because Google Photos has around 1.5 billion users, so it instantly becomes one of the most widely used beauty filters in the world.
The feature is designed to look natural, but some critics worry it could encourage people to over-edit their appearance.




sofi mistake

Sofi Needs to Get Better

I was just at Sofi and it said reset password. But the email link sent me to a page not found. So I finally looked at the email and saw there was no period before the dot com. As the picture shows this is what I saw. It just goes soficom , where is the period!!!! to show sofi.com
How can a billion dollar company make this mistake. Of course I put in the period and it sent me to the correct page but geeeeeez how about some quality assurance there guys!!




tim cook retires

Tim Cook Retires From Apple

Tim Cook retires from Apple. He led Apple into the biggest company in the world. Bravo Tim.




news

News 4-19-2026

Samsung’s tri-fold has a built-in DeX mode that runs directly on the phone’s screen, so you don’t need to plug it into a monitor.
When fully unfolded (around 10 inches), it’s big enough to act like a mini laptop, with a desktop-style interface and multiple apps open at once.
You can pair it with a keyboard and mouse, and it basically becomes a portable PC you can use anywhere.

The iPhone Ultra is designed to be extremely thin, even thinner than some current iPhones when unfolded.
Because of the limited space inside, Apple is not including Face ID on the device.
Instead, it will include a camera control button, which might seem odd for a premium device

New colors for iphone 18 pro. The standout color is a deep red (“Dark Cherry”), expected to be the main highlight.
The light blue is softer and similar to recent blue iPhones.
Dark gray is a more standard option, while silver may not make the final cut.
There is no black version expected again.




ios features

New to iOS 27

iOS 27 is expected to focus heavily on AI, especially with a smarter Siri that can connect to third-party chatbot services and comes with a redesigned interface.
Apple is expanding its AI features into more apps, including Health, and adding “visual intelligence” tools that let you use your camera to scan things like nutrition labels, phone numbers, and addresses.
Safari will get an AI feature that can automatically name tab groups based on their contents.
Apple Wallet is expected to let you scan physical items like tickets or membership cards and convert them into digital passes.
There are also new satellite-related capabilities and a setting that lets you adjust the intensity of the glass-like visual design across the system.




Space X IPO

How to Own SpaceX IPO Now

Stock tip. You can own Space X now. Just buy Google(now known as Alphabet) stock as it owns 5 to 6 percent of SpaceX. That is worth around 100 billion. Google stock should get a lift from this and easy money.
Intel is back with a miracle win succeeding in its 18A process enabling it to compete with TSMC in making 2 nano meter chips. I see Intel going past $100 a share.




Galaxy super wide trifold

Galaxy Super Wide Trifold

Samsung is reportedly not satisfied with the size of its Galaxy Z TriFold, even though the device already unfolds into a roughly 10-inch tablet-like display. The company is exploring new foldable designs based on a patent that shows a more complex device with additional folds beyond the current three-panel setup. This points to Samsung pushing toward even larger, more ambitious foldable screens, although such designs would likely be difficult and expensive to manufacture compared to existing models.




Apple ifold

Apple iFold

Apple’s upcoming foldable may be called the iPhone Ultra, with leaks suggesting it will be about 9.5 mm thick when folded and 4.5 mm when unfolded, making it relatively slim for a foldable device. It’s rumored to feature a large roughly 5,800 mAh battery, which would exceed most current foldables, along with a design that is shorter but wider than competitors. The device may also include an under-display camera on the main screen.




Hasbro Hacked

Hasbro Was Hacked

Hasbro was hit by a cyberattack after detecting unauthorized access to its network on March 28, prompting it to take some systems offline and bring in outside cybersecurity experts; the company says recovery could take several weeks, with potential disruptions to operations like orders and shipping, and it’s still assessing the extent of the breach and whether any data was compromised. Hasbro has good solid management so I am sure it will be fixed soon.




camera sensor

New Camera Sensor

A new 1-inch-class smartphone camera sensor has been announced as a high-end competitor to offerings from Sony and Samsung, focusing heavily on image quality rather than just megapixel counts.
The sensor has a 50-megapixel resolution and is built using a 22nm stacked manufacturing process, which helps improve efficiency and performance.
Its main highlight is advanced HDR capability using Lofic HDR 3.0 technology, delivering up to 115 dB of dynamic range, which allows it to better capture detail in both very bright and very dark parts of a scene.
The sensor is designed specifically for flagship smartphones, with a strong emphasis on dynamic range, video performance, and power efficiency, meaning it is unlikely to appear in cheaper devices.




iFold specs

iFold Specs

Apple is reportedly working on its first foldable smartphone, often called the iPhone Fold.
The phone is rumored to have a 7.8-inch folding display and a 5.5-inch outer screen, with technology aimed at reducing the crease.
The device is expected to run on Apple’s upcoming A20 Pro processor built using a 2nm process by TSMC. The chip is rumored to use Gate-All-Around transistor technology to improve efficiency and performance.
Leaks indicate the phone could include 12GB of LPDDR5X RAM supplied by Samsung.
Storage options are rumored to include 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB.
Pricing is expected to start at about $1,999 for the 256GB model, with the 512GB version priced around $2,199 and the 1TB model around $2,399, making it the most expensive iPhone released so far.
Analysts believe Apple entering the foldable market could increase global foldable smartphone shipments by around 30 percent.
Also, They are pushing up the manufacturing date with Samsung so the phone might be ready sooner than estimated.




Hyundai Robot

Hyundai Robot > Tesla Robot

Elon Musk appears to be losing the robot war, at least for now. Critics say the engineering behind Boston Dynamics and its humanoid robot Atlas is far ahead of what Tesla has shown with the Tesla Optimus. Atlas continues to impress with advanced movement, real-world demonstrations, and years of robotics research behind it, making it look like Musk’s much newer project is being outclassed and out-engineered.

1. Stronger and more capable physically The Atlas can lift about 110 pounds (50 kg), while the Tesla Optimus is designed to carry around 20 kg (44 lb).
2. Far better movement and balance Atlas is known for incredible mobility including running, jumping, backflips, and recovering from falls.
3. More mature robotics technology Boston Dynamics has spent over 30 years developing robots, giving Atlas a huge engineering head start.
4. Built for harsh environments Atlas is designed to operate in challenging conditions such as factories and industrial sites.
5. Advanced autonomous features Atlas can automatically swap its own battery and keep working. 🤖




Samsung super pixels

Samsung Super Pixels

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S26 series is adding Google’s on device Scam Detection feature, bringing real time AI powered protection against phone call and message fraud. The tool analyzes conversations directly on the device to identify patterns commonly linked to scams and then alerts users instantly with on screen, audio, and haptic warnings if something suspicious is detected. Because everything runs locally, conversations are not uploaded to the cloud, and the feature works natively without requiring the Google Phone app, giving users an extra layer of security built straight into the phone.

Also. The first camera samples from the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra show modest improvements over the Galaxy S25 Ultra rather than major changes. The main camera and 5x telephoto lens feature wider apertures that allow more light in, which helps produce brighter images with better contrast, especially in low light. Photos from the ultrawide, mid zoom, and selfie cameras appear very similar to the previous model, indicating that most of the noticeable differences come from refined image processing and tuning instead of completely new camera hardware. I do like the photos coming from the Ultra a lot.

Also. Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra adds a built-in Privacy Display that uses a combination of hardware and software to keep your screen content hidden from people looking from the side, making it much harder for anyone nearby to peek at sensitive information like messages or banking details. When the feature is turned on, the phone adjusts how its pixels emit light so that only someone looking directly at the screen sees the content clearly while side-angle viewers see a much darker or blacked-out display, and you can even choose to apply this effect only for specific apps or parts of the screen such as notifications or password fields.
And Tweak your phone's settings directly from Bixby.




Open AI wants to make a killer device

OpenAI's Next Products

The device was reportedly designed in collaboration with former Apple designer Jony Ive. Leaked info suggests three products are in development: a camera-equipped smart speaker, a smart lamp, and smart glasses. The smart speaker is said to have a camera and microphone and could cost about $200–$300. The speaker and glasses aren’t expected to launch until at least 2028. The smart speaker is described as portable and functional as a smart home device with proactive suggestions and user query responses.




Samsung Galaxy S26 AI camera

Cramming AI into Galaxy S26

Samsung is positioning the Samsung Galaxy S26 as a major leap forward for AI photography.
A significantly upgraded AI-powered camera system that more deeply integrates artificial intelligence into both capturing and editing photos and videos. Instead of treating AI as a separate tool, Samsung is building a unified platform where features like sketch-to-image, photo enhancement, generative editing, and sharing tools are accessible directly within the camera app.




Oppo phone

Oppo Find X9 Ultra Leak

One of the biggest highlights is a rumored 7,050mAh battery, a major jump from the 6,100mAh found in its predecessor. Prototype units reportedly feature a 144Hz 2K BOE OLED panel, although the retail version may ship with a 120Hz screen similar to the previous model to reduce costs. Running on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor, paired with a large 6.82-inch display and Android 16 with ColorOS 16 out of the box.
Camera setup that includes: 200MP main camera with a Sony LYT-901 sensor , 200MP 3x periscope telephoto lens , 50MP secondary telephoto camera , 50MP ultra-wide camera , 50MP front-facing camera.
The Find X9 Ultra is rumored to launch in China as early as March, with a possible global release window between April and June.




6 bingos

Evan Chester gets 6 Bingos

At this weekend's Atlantic City tournament Evan Chester tied the record for most consecutive bingos by a player in a game wiht SIX Bingos!
Evan's bingos were ENGINES (94), PaNTHER (79), DOO(R)MICE (102), D(E)TONATE (70), ARISTAE (86), and NAUSEAS (86).



Apple and Samsung Foldable

Apple and Samsung Foldable



Scrabble television series

Scrabble television series

Season 2 of the Scrabble television series is set to debut next Thursday, January 22, at 8 p.m. Eastern on The CW.
Scottish actor and comedian Craig Ferguson takes over hosting duties from Raven-Symoné for the 30-episode season, which introduces a three-contestant format, returning champions, and other new elements.
One thing that stays the same is that viewers will continue to watch competitive tournament Scrabble players take the stage.



2026 SCRABBLE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

2026 SCRABBLE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

The 2026 Scrabble Players Championship will take place at the DoubleTree by Hilton Cedar Rapids in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Date is from Saturday, July 18, through Wednesday, July 22. Start studying your 5 letters words and 7 letter words.





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